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photo of a young teenage boy wearing a hooded sweatshirt and looking up at trees in a forest
Lindsay Ensor
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What We Learned About Our 15-Year-Old Son’s Lesser-Known Eating Disorder

The DSM-5 (a manual that lists all psychiatric diagnoses, which medical professionals use) states that “avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is an eating disorder involving an extreme avoidance or low intake of food that affects growth and level of nutrients a patient receives.” My 15-year-old son has struggled with this for many years, but we [...]
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Tattoo reads: Feed your brain.
Tattoo reads: Feed your brain.
Sarah Schuster
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28 Beautiful Tattoos That Represent Eating Disorder Recovery

Eating disorder recovery — like recovery from many mental illnesses — if often spoken of like a life-long journey. Although you can recover from an eating disorder, it’s an ongoing process and one that can stick with you for a lifetime. To capture this journey of recovery, the National Eating Disorder Association asked its community [...]
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A Speech About Eating Disorders Every High School Student Should Hear

After being diagnosed with anorexia nervosa back in June 2016, we were asked to make speeches in English about something that was important to us. So here’s mine: A plea for education on the deadliness of eating disorders in secondary schools. Eating disorders are not “glamorous.” They’re deadly. You can thank today’s society for that. [...]
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I’m new here!

Hi, my name is keek14. I’m new here and looking for community and support. My mother passed away from terminal brain cancer over the summer. I was by her side as she took her last breath. She was my best friend and my greatest support. I’m currently just trying to figure out how to navigate this life without her physical presence here. 💜

#MightyTogether #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #ADHD #Depression #Migraine #Grief #EatingDisorder #OCD

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I’m new here!

Hi, my name is keek14. I’m new here and looking for community and support. My mother passed away from terminal brain cancer over the summer. I was by her side as she took her last breath. She was my best friend and my greatest support. I’m currently just trying to figure out how to navigate this life without her physical presence here. 💜

#MightyTogether #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #ADHD #Depression #Migraine #Grief #EatingDisorder #OCD

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Hi, my name is SeafoamWhippet069. I'm here because I'm scared and I don't want to be.

#MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #PTSD #EatingDisorder #OCD #AutismSpectrumDisorder #Fibromyalgia #ADHD #Grief #Migraine

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I'm new here!

Hi, my name is SeafoamWhippet069. I'm here because I'm scared and I don't want to be.

#MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #PTSD #EatingDisorder #OCD #AutismSpectrumDisorder #Fibromyalgia #ADHD #Grief #Migraine

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Signs You're Emotionally Burned Out & How to Recover

Hey everyone, my latest mental health video is about how to identify signs that you're emotionally burned out and how to recover. If this sounds useful to you, check it out here:

www.instagram.com/thomas_of_copenhagen

Also, if you have any questions about mental health, please comment below, and I will make a video response just for you.

~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~

#MentalHealth #MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Addiction #dissociativedisorders #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #ADHD #Fibromyalgia #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #PTSD #Cancer #RareDisease #Disability #Autism #Diabetes #EatingDisorders #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #RheumatoidArthritis #Suicide #MightyTogether

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Good Health

If any of you practice good physical health routines, you're probably familiar with how uncomfortable it is in the beginning. Going to the gym or going on your first run is boring, painful, and your mind bombards you with ideas of a million things you'd rather do. Even worse is you don't see any results for a long time. But after a while you like it, and you naturally start incorporating other health practices into your life such as a better diet, less drinking, and more rest. Mental health is the exact same. If you try a mental health exercise just once, don't say to yourself now what? You must practice. The more you do the more you can do. Soon enough, everything you do will be in the pursuit of a better mental health lifestyle. What do you do to have good mental health?

Also, as a way to better connect with you all, I make video responses to your mental health questions.

The last video I made was about how to build mental resilience in tough times. If this sounds useful to you, you can check out the video here:

www.instagram.com/thomas_of_copenhagen

Otherwise, if you have any questions about mental health, please post in my group or comment below and I will make a video response specifically for you.

~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~

#MentalHealth #MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Addiction #dissociativedisorders #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #ADHD #Fibromyalgia #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #PTSD #Cancer #RareDisease #Disability #Autism #Diabetes #EatingDisorders #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #RheumatoidArthritis #Suicide #MightyTogether

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